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The significance of examinations of the planets and their satellites, asteroids, comets and the interplanetary medium for the origin of life is assessed. It appears that the deprovincialization of biology must await the search for extraterrestrial life.
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Sagan, C. The origin of life in a cosmic context. Origins Life Evol Biosphere 5, 497–505 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01207649
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